The big Penguins news of the day, the acquisition of forward David Perron, won’t have a big effect on tonight’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Pittsburgh. The 26-year old winger is expected to join the team in time for Saturday night’s home game against the Montreal Canadiens, but will still be traveling to Pittsburgh from Edmonton during tonight’s contest. The Penguins will be adding a different forward in tonight’s lineup: right-winger Steve Downie will make his return to the ... Read More
Penguins acquire LW David Perron from Edmonton
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired left-winger David Perron from the Edmonton Oilers for forward Rob Klinkhammer and their first-round draft pick in the 2015 NHL entry draft. “It’s always hard leaving a place when you’re emotionally involved, no matter how tough the situation was [in Edmonton],” said Perron. “Once you look past that, there’s not many better opportunities to go to, and I’m really, really excited about that.” It will be a move from the proverbial outhouse to the penthouse ... Read More
Sutter, Penguins ring in New Year with win over Carolina
It was a happy New year indeed, when the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday night and ended their season high four-game winless stretch (0-3-1). It was the Penguins first home game on New Year's Eve in ten years. Brandon Sutter scored the game winning goal with 1:42 left in the 3rd period, the 14th game-winning goal of his career. Sutter used to play for the Hurricanes, and this was his first goal scored against them. Beau Bennett was back in the Penguins ... Read More
Bennett, Ehrhoff, Adams, Greiss return for Pens vs Canes
The Penguins have one final chance in 2014 to end their current losing streak, and shake off some of the last few weeks. The Penguins have lost four consecutive games coming into tonight’s matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes, their longest losing streak of the year and longest since January of 2012. Four Penguins are poised to return to the lineup tonight, as forwards Beau Bennett and Craig Adams and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff have been removed from the injured reserve, and Thomas ... Read More
Penguins falter in New Jersey; losing streak climbs to 4
It was a hard fought battle but on Monday night the Pittsburgh Penguins losing streak did not come to and end. The New Jersey Devils fought harder and beat the Penguins 3-1. The Penguins losing streak is now up to four games now. “Its something we got to stop,” said captain Sidney Crosby “I think we go out there and improve upon this one and get a win but yeah we definitely don’t want to continue the same way.” The Penguins started out strong with Crosby scoring the first goal of the night ... Read More
Penguins will try to snap losing streak in New Jersey
The beleaguered Pittsburgh Penguins will head to Newark, New Jersey tonight in search of their first win to break their three-game losing streak. TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: If there’s a team that has had more to deal with over the last few weeks than the Penguins, it’s the New Jersey Devils. The Devils have also been dealing with the mumps, and are currently missing forwards Patrick Elias and Michael Ryder with the virus. Forwards Ryane Clowe and Martin Havlat and defensemen Bryce Salvador and ... Read More
Orpik & Capitals down Penguins, 3-0
The Pittsburgh Penguins have lost their third straight for the first time under first-year head coach Mike Johnston, as the visiting Washington Capitals shut out the Penguins 3-0 on Saturday night. The Capitals also snapped the Penguins’ five-game home winning streak. Braden Holtby made 31 saves to blank the Pens. It was Holtby’s third shutout of the season and the third time that the Penguins have been shut out. Eric Fehr did most of the damage offensively for the Capitals. His late first ... Read More
Old friends Orpik, Niskanen become foes as Penguins host Capitals
The Penguins will take to Consol Energy Center ice tonight for the first time following their Christmas break, and for a change, they were greeted with some good injury news. Center Brandon Sutter, held out of the last two games as a precaution while being tested for the mumps, tested negative and will return to the lineup tonight. Also poised to return is defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who has missed five games with an undisclosed injury. “I feel good,” said Bortuzzo after morning skate. ... Read More
What’s on the Penguins Christmas list?
When Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford and head coach Mike Johnston creep down the stairs to take a gander under Mario’s big tree this morning, what are they hoping Saint Nick has left them? Here’s a look at what the Penguins staff hopes they find in their stockings on Christmas morning. A TOP-SIX WINGER: The Penguins come into the holiday break with 49 points, which puts them atop the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference. They lead the second-place New York Islanders by ... Read More
Illnesses and injuries have provided opportunity for young Penguins
This holiday season, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a big reason to be thankful. There have been two constants this for the Penguins. One has been a seemingly never-ending stream of illnesses and injuries that have conspired to keep the team from fielding a full lineup. Currently, the Penguins have ten players on injured reserve and another three quarantined for fear of the mumps. The other constant has been the quality of players called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey ... Read More